Bill > SB5084

This bill modifies existing Washington state law regarding health carrier reporting on primary care expenditures. Specifically, the bill requires health insurance carriers to annually report their primary care spending for previous and upcoming calendar years, which was previously optional. The insurance commissioner is granted the authority to determine the specific form and content of these reports, with instructions to consider existing definitions of primary care expenditures from RCW 70.390.080 and to examine primary care expenditure reporting systems used by the health care authority for medical assistance and employee benefits programs. The bill also explicitly states that these primary care expenditure reports will be considered public information, meaning they can be accessed and reviewed by the public. This change aims to increase transparency in how health insurance carriers allocate funds towards primary care services and provide more insight into healthcare spending at the state level.